Microcephaly and macrocephaly. A study on anthropometric and clinical data from 308 subjects [PDF]
Head circumference is the auxological parameter that most correlates with developmental anomalies in childhood. Head circumference (HC) two standard deviations (SD) below or above the mean defines microcephaly and macrocephaly, respectively.
Corsello G. +7 more
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Applying the COM-B model to creation of an IT-enabled health coaching and resource linkage program for low-income Latina moms with recent gestational diabetes: the STAR MAMA program. [PDF]
BACKGROUND:One of the fastest growing risk groups for early onset of diabetes is women with a recent pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes, and for this group, Latinas are the largest at-risk group in the USA.
Althavale, Priyanka +9 more
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Gestational Diabetes in the Population Served by Brazilian Public Health Care. Prevalence and Risk Factors [PDF]
Objective To assess the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus and the main associated risk factors in the population served by the Brazilian Unified Health System in the city of Caxias do Sul, state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Pâmela Antoniazzi dos Santos +5 more
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Background/Aims: Diabetes is well-known to influence endothelial function. Endothelial function and blood flow regulation might be different in diabetic and non-diabetic pregnancy.
Jian Li +6 more
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Association of Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein A (PAPP-A) and Gestational Diabetes [PDF]
Introduction: Gestational diabetes mellitus is the most common medical complication during pregnancy that negatively affects the health of mother and fetus and neonate. Gestational diabetes mellitus occurs in 3-5% of pregnancies.
Somayeh Ramezani +3 more
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Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as hyperglycaemia that is diagnosed for the first time in the second or third trimester of pregnancy. It occurs in 1 in 7 pregnancies worldwide and is associated with increased risk of adverse perinatal ...
Murphy, Helen R. +2 more
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Mediation Analysis Supports a Causal Relationship between Maternal Hyperglycemia and Placental DNA Methylation Variations at the Leptin Gene Locus and Cord Blood Leptin Levels. [PDF]
Changes in fetal DNA methylation (DNAm) of the leptin (LEP) gene have been associated with exposure to maternal hyperglycemia, but their links with childhood obesity risk are still unclear.
Bouchard, Luigi +8 more
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Summary: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) represents a common complication during pregnancy that affects fetoplacental development. We demonstrated the existence of impaired trophoblast syncytialization under hyperglycemic conditions.
Jie Ning +6 more
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Management of diabetes from preconception to the postnatal period: summary of NICE guidance [PDF]
Diabetes in pregnancy is associated with risks to the woman (for example, higher rates of miscarriage, preeclampsia, and preterm labour) and to the developing fetus and baby (for example, higher rates of congenital malformations, macrosomia, birth ...
Guideline Development Group, NICE +1 more
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Aims/Introduction To examine adverse outcomes in women with early‐diagnosed gestational diabetes mellitus using data from a large birth cohort study in Japan.
Hyo Kyozuka +13 more
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